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COMPLETE COLLEGE AMERICA
Complete College America (CCA) is the most comprehensive and ambitious higher education initiative
ever undertaken by the state of Oklahoma. The goal is to increase the number of degrees and
certificates earned in Oklahoma 50,900 by 2023. This must be done to meet the projected need of
313,073 additional college-educated workers to keep Oklahoma competitive in a
global economy.
Gov. Mary Fallin is a strong advocate for the initiative, saying at the kickoff
press conference in September 2011, "We can and must do better in producing
a highly skilled and educated workforce in our state. This is part of our agenda -
developing the Complete College America program."
More attention must be placed on college completion because Oklahoma's
community and economic development depends on developing human capital
and preparing citizens for innovation and flexibility in an ever-changing
economy.
The CCA action plan includes working with K-12 by focusing on college readiness, transforming
remediation, expanding collaboration with CareerTech, enhancing adult degree completion efforts, and
tracking and rewarding improvements in degree completion.
Significant progress is being made toward these goals. In year one of these initiatives, our public
colleges and universities reported more than 1,900 additional graduates in the 2011-12 academic year
than the previous year. Additionally, in April, the State Regents, with cooperation and input from our
college and university presidents, adopted a new approach to our higher education funding formula,
making it a performance-driven model. This action and other initiatives solidify the designation that
Complete College America has given Oklahoma as its national model for degree completion.
Five national foundations are providing multiyear support to Complete College America: the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education.
OKLAHOMA LEADERSHIP TEAM
• Governor Mary Fallin
• Chancellor Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
• Secretary of Education Phyllis Hudecki
• Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez
• President Janet Cunningham, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
• President Tom McKeon, Tulsa Community College
• Senator John Ford (Oklahoma State Senate liaison)
• Representative Todd Thomsen (Oklahoma House of Representatives liaison)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Chancellor Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma State System of Higher Education -
chancellorjohnson@osrhe.edu
Blake Sonobe, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs - bsonobe@osrhe.edu
Tony Hutchison, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Analysis and Workforce and
Economic Development - thutchison@osrhe.edu

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COMPLETE COLLEGE AMERICA
Complete College America (CCA) is the most comprehensive and ambitious higher education initiative
ever undertaken by the state of Oklahoma. The goal is to increase the number of degrees and
certificates earned in Oklahoma 50,900 by 2023. This must be done to meet the projected need of
313,073 additional college-educated workers to keep Oklahoma competitive in a
global economy.
Gov. Mary Fallin is a strong advocate for the initiative, saying at the kickoff
press conference in September 2011, "We can and must do better in producing
a highly skilled and educated workforce in our state. This is part of our agenda -
developing the Complete College America program."
More attention must be placed on college completion because Oklahoma's
community and economic development depends on developing human capital
and preparing citizens for innovation and flexibility in an ever-changing
economy.
The CCA action plan includes working with K-12 by focusing on college readiness, transforming
remediation, expanding collaboration with CareerTech, enhancing adult degree completion efforts, and
tracking and rewarding improvements in degree completion.
Significant progress is being made toward these goals. In year one of these initiatives, our public
colleges and universities reported more than 1,900 additional graduates in the 2011-12 academic year
than the previous year. Additionally, in April, the State Regents, with cooperation and input from our
college and university presidents, adopted a new approach to our higher education funding formula,
making it a performance-driven model. This action and other initiatives solidify the designation that
Complete College America has given Oklahoma as its national model for degree completion.
Five national foundations are providing multiyear support to Complete College America: the Carnegie
Corporation of New York, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation and Lumina Foundation for Education.
OKLAHOMA LEADERSHIP TEAM
• Governor Mary Fallin
• Chancellor Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
• Secretary of Education Phyllis Hudecki
• Secretary of Commerce Dave Lopez
• President Janet Cunningham, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
• President Tom McKeon, Tulsa Community College
• Senator John Ford (Oklahoma State Senate liaison)
• Representative Todd Thomsen (Oklahoma House of Representatives liaison)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Chancellor Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma State System of Higher Education -
chancellorjohnson@osrhe.edu
Blake Sonobe, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs - bsonobe@osrhe.edu
Tony Hutchison, Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Analysis and Workforce and
Economic Development - thutchison@osrhe.edu